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<div>Wir möchten als Familie Dieter einen würdevollen Abschied ermöglichen und auch seine Witwe, meine Mutter, die nun all die Verantwortung alleine trägt, entlasten. Daher bitten wir von Herzen um Unterstützung.
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<div>Dieter hat sich sein Leben lang für die Natur eingesetzt und war sozial engagiert. So hat er unter anderem die Schluckimpfung für Füchse gegen Tollwut mitentwickelt, Wildäcker zum Überleben von Hasen und Kaninchen angelegt sowie Nistkästen für seltene Vogelarten angebracht. Er hat mehreren Menschen das Leben gerettet, z.B. das Leben zweier Kinder in Dänemark. Dafür wurde er von der Königin Margarete gewürdigt. Außerdem war er einige Zeit Leiter des Roten Kreuzes in Berlin und hat in dieser Zeit das Berufsbildungswerk Kladow für Jugendliche aus zerrütteten Familien geleitet und diese ins Erwachsenenleben begleitet.
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<div>Für die Baumbestattung gibt es schon einen Platz neben Dieters Bruder, der vor zwei Jahren verstorben ist - so hatte er sich das gewünscht. Die Verabschiedung fand bereits am 1. April statt und war sehr emotional aber schön. Die Beerdigung wird am 18. Mai stattfinden. Die Kosten für den Bestatter betragen ca. 2.800€.
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<div>In spite of our very best efforts, our hopes of continuing Lonely Hearts Cafe is once again under threat due to the crushing weight of the current economic situation here in Germany. Along with our hard-working team we have put our hearts and genuinely so much grit and many many hours of work to keep Lonely Hearts open because we know how much our little business means to all of you. We knew when we got into the gastronomy business in a post-pandemic setting that it was going to be a tough go, but we were prepared to fight for our big dream.
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<div>We want to be transparent with you, our community and our guests, because we don't know how else to be. We still have so much belief in our concept, and we want to continue opening five days a week and serving you with all the passion and care that we have been doing these past three years. But right now we are finding it hard to motivate ourselves to continue because of increasing pressures that are piling up on top of us.
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<div>Last month we received an electricity bill of 9000€ which covers a period of 18 months between 01.07.2022 and 31.12.2023, during which time we could not afford to pay more as other costs were also flying high. We had no idea that the final bill could possibly be so much. For reference we now pay just 450€ for the same amount of electricity, so our usage was the same back then. The electricity companies just had free range to charge as much as they liked. As we all know, the price hikes at this time were out of control. Although we have been able to arrange a payment plan with our supplier, the doubling of our electricity bill over night is a huge pressure on us as our fixed costs all stay the same.
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<div>In addition we recently learned that our small business will be audited by the tax authorities requesting a huge amount of paperwork on a very short deadline that will fall during our planned Christmas holidays. The only person who can do this task is Amy, who is currently also working a 50 hour work week in the cafe (as you know because you see her every service!) and this new task will increase our workload tenfold.
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<div>We are raising money to be able to take some of the financial pressure off our shoulders in this complicated moment to be able to face the challenges ahead and continue into the new year. To support with paying the electricity company and also to pay for help to complete the audit on time.
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<div>We have held off crowd-funding as long as we can, as we know you have already supported us many times with you patronage for which we are forever grateful. But this mountain just feels too high to climb without asking for some extra help.
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<div>Trotz unserer allerbesten Bemühungen ist unsere Hoffnung, das Lonely Hearts Cafe weiterführen zu können, aufgrund der erdrückenden wirtschaftlichen Situation hier in Deutschland wieder einmal bedroht. Zusammen mit unserem hart arbeitenden Team haben wir so viel Herzblut und viele viele Arbeitsstunden investiert, um das Lonely Hearts offen zu halten, weil wir wissen, wie viel unser kleines Geschäft euch allen bedeutet. Als wir nach der Pandemie in die Gastronomie eingestiegen sind, wussten wir, dass es ein harter Weg werden würde, aber wir waren bereit, für unseren großen Traum zu kämpfen.
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<div>Wir möchten Ihnen, unserer Gemeinde und unseren Gästen gegenüber transparent sein, denn wir wissen nicht, wie wir es sonst tun sollen. Wir glauben fest an unser Konzept und wollen weiterhin fünf Tage die Woche öffnen und Sie mit der gleichen Leidenschaft und Sorgfalt bedienen, wie wir es in den letzten drei Jahren getan haben. Aber im Moment fällt es uns schwer, uns zum Weitermachen zu motivieren, weil sich der Druck auf uns immer mehr auftürmt.
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<div>Letzten Monat erhielten wir eine Stromrechnung über 9000€, die einen Zeitraum von 18 Monaten zwischen dem 01.07.2022 und dem 31.12.2023 abdeckt, in dem wir es uns nicht leisten konnten, mehr zu zahlen, da auch andere Kosten in die Höhe schossen. Wir hatten keine Ahnung, dass die endgültige Rechnung so hoch ausfallen könnte. Zum Vergleich: Wir zahlen jetzt nur 450 € für die gleiche Menge Strom, unser Verbrauch war damals also der gleiche. Wie wir alle wissen, waren die Preiserhöhungen zu dieser Zeit außer Kontrolle geraten. Obwohl wir mit unserem Versorger einen Zahlungsplan vereinbaren konnten, ist die Verdoppelung unserer Stromrechnung über Nacht eine enorme Belastung für uns, da unsere Fixkosten alle gleich bleiben.
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<div>Außerdem haben wir vor kurzem erfahren, dass unser kleines Unternehmen von den Steuerbehörden geprüft wird, die innerhalb einer sehr kurzen Frist, die in unsere geplanten Weihnachtsferien fallen wird, eine riesige Menge an Unterlagen anfordern. Die einzige Person, die diese Aufgabe übernehmen kann, ist Amy, die derzeit auch eine 50-Stunden-Woche im Café arbeitet (wie Sie wissen, weil Sie sie bei jedem Gottesdienst sehen!), und diese neue Aufgabe wird unsere Arbeitsbelastung um das Zehnfache erhöhen.
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<div>Wir sammeln Geld, um uns in dieser schwierigen Zeit finanziell zu entlasten, damit wir die vor uns liegenden Herausforderungen bewältigen und im neuen Jahr weitermachen können. Unterstützung bei der Bezahlung des Stromversorgers und Hilfe bei der fristgerechten Durchführung der Prüfung.
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<div>Wir haben das Crowdfunding so lange wie möglich hinausgezögert, da wir wissen, dass Sie uns bereits viele Male mit Ihrem Mäzenatentum unterstützt haben, wofür wir Ihnen sehr dankbar sind. Aber dieser Berg fühlt sich einfach zu hoch an, um ihn zu erklimmen, ohne um zusätzliche Hilfe zu bitten.
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Vater im Himmel, 3 Kinder in Ausbildung <div>Unser geliebter Vater hat uns in den Himmel geschickt. Es geschah in Berlin, sein Gesundheitszustand verschlechterte sich immer weiter. Er war 42 Jahre alt.</div><div>Mein Mann Oleg Sidorkin war ein Wissenschaftler, ein freundlicher Mensch, er hat immer allen geholfen und Kinder großgezogen. Seine Kindheit verbrachte er in der Ukraine, wo er bei seiner Großmutter, seinem Großvater und seiner Mutter aufwuchs. Seine Jugend- und Studienjahre verbrachte er in Russland, wo er Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Management studierte. Und schließlich trafen wir uns in Prag in der Tschechischen Republik, wo er promovierte. Er zeichnete sich durch Mathematik, Statistik und Datenanalyse aus. Er lehrte an Universitäten, bildete sich weiter und genoss das Leben. Vor allem liebte er seine Familie, die Natur, den Sport und alle seine Freunde und Kollegen. Im Jahr 2019 haben wir beschlossen, unseren Kindern eine gute Ausbildung zu ermöglichen und ins Ausland zu gehen. Deshalb sind wir seit 4 Jahren auf Reisen und lernen neue Menschen und Traditionen kennen, insbesondere in Deutschland. Er bestand immer darauf, dass die Kinder Deutsch lernen, da ein Teil unserer Familie aus Deutschland stammte. Gleichzeitig arbeitete Papa hart für uns und nahm keine Servietten mit. Sein Gesundheitszustand begann sich zu verändern und eines Tages zwang er Oleg zu gehen. Ich GLAUBE, dass das Leichentuch in Gottes Armen liegt, dass es einer der Sterne sein wird, ich glaube es! Und vor allem glaube ich, dass er in den Herzen aller von uns bleiben wird, die ihn gesehen, getroffen, gekannt und berührt haben. Es war unser Oleg!</div>

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<div>Our dearest friend and beloved member of our Berlin community needs your help. Pompom is a brilliant shining light in our lives, a faithful friend and an icon on the dancefloor. Their light has been significantly dimmed by complications of their rare illness, and we are not sure how much longer they will be with us unless we intervene.
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<div>3) Any leftover donations will be used either for further treatment by well-researched, non-Western healing clinics or to assist Pompom’s relocation and integration back into rejoining us in Berlin. The decision between our researched treatment options is ultimately in the hands of Pompom.
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<div>However, these costs lie outside the basic medical system which is flawed and discriminatory. Pompom also does not have access to the specialized doctors that they need in the countryside of France. Unfortunately, we live in a society where only the rich can afford real integrative medicine. Please help us give Pompom the chance at a second life in hopes they will be able to one day rejoin all their friends in Berlin, and move on with their hopes and dreams.
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<div><em>I’m Pompom, I’m 30 years old, and an artist and was living in Berlin, which I had to leave because in September 2022 I started suffering enormously from intense and constant oral / mouth pain and it never went away, and the pain radiates into my neck, chest, heart, arms, wrists, fingers, as everything is burning constantly and hurting so bad that after seeing several dentists, hospitals, emergency visits, doctor visits I went back to my parents because I was unable to do much and it just became too difficult living that I needed a lot of help.</em>
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<div>A million thanks for taking the time to read this page. Please consider giving anything that you can to help. By taking this globally from our little community in Berlin, we can together save Pompom’s life.
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<div><em>For transparency purposes:</em> <em>This fundraiser was born out of a Telegram group with 38 of Pompoms' friends who all wish to help. The fundraiser was made with Pompoms' blessing and is in Janae Byrne's name - a very trusted and sweet friend of theirs who is working professionally in the field of crowdfunding and volunteered to be the admin on the page. We have until August to add the bank details for withdrawing the money raised, and we will of course submit Pompom's bank account details so only they can withdraw the funds. Anyone who wishes to donate by Paypal directly to Pompom's Paypal account may do so to </em><a href="https://gmail.com." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>[email redacted].</em></a><em> Once we've reached our first goal of €6.300, Pompom will go for the recommended 21-day inpatient program at Hufeland Klinik, they have been in direct contact with the Doctor there. They will also be equipped with tools and knowledge to continue their healing regimen at home. We are hoping to raise more money because then they can have more choices to continue their healing journey in Columbia or India... and/or we can integrate them back into working life as they become stronger to be on their own again. </em>
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<div>His flat is located on the highest floor which is the one that is completely burned down with all its belonging. Ricardo migrated 4 years ago with his little dog to Berlin, since then he's living as a subtenant without an official contract. His situation is unfortunately far more common. Due to housing shortage, many people who come to Berlin are not able to get an official contract. Especially migrants, BIPOC* and people with low incomes suffer the most from this systematic inequality. Therefore he also won't be entitled to get money from the Household insurance.
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<div>On top of that distress, as an aspiring freelance tattoo artist and jewelry designer, Ricardo is not safeguarded with an insurance that employees normally get if they are unable to continue working. In the fire he lost all the equipment and tools he needed for that.
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<div><strong>Let us stand together and unite our forces to help Ricardo get back to normality and show him that he's not alone in this very unfortunate situation!</strong>
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<div>Unser Freund hat seine gesamte Wohnung mit kompletten Hausrat durch einen Brand im Dachgiebel verloren. Seine Wohnung ist im obersten Stockwerk und ist dadurch eine der am meisten Zerstörten. Ricardo ist vor vier Jahren mit seinem kleinen Hund aus Chile nach Europa eingewandert und seitdem wohnt er ohne offiziellen Mietvertrag zur Untermiete in Berlin. Seine Situation ist leider kein Einzelfall. Aufgrund der prekären Lage auf dem Wohnungsmarkt sind besonders Menschen mit Migrationsgeschichte, BIPOC* und Menschen mit geringem Einkommen von dieser systematischen Ungleichheit betroffen. Ohne Mietvertrag wird Ricardo also keinen Anspruch auf Erstattung durch die Hausratsversicherung haben werden.
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<div>Noch dazu kommt, dass sich Ricardo gerade auf dem Weg in die Selbstständigkeit befand, was ihm jedoch keinen Anspruch auf Arbeitsunfähigkeitsgeld garantierte. Im Feuer verlor er sein gesamtes Equipment, was er zum Arbeiten benötigt.
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<div><strong>Lasst uns gemeinsam und mit gebündelten Kräften Ricardo unterstützen und ihm zeigen, dass er in dieser unglücklichen Situation nicht allein ist! </strong>
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<div>Nuestro amigo Ricardo ha perdido todo en un incendio originado en el tejado de su edificio y que ha quemado todo su departamento en Neukölln, Berlin. Su apartamento estaba localizado en el último piso del edificio, por eso ha perdido todas sus pertenencias. Ricardo se mudó a Berlín hace 4 años con su perrito, desde entonces ha estado viviendo subalquilado sin contrato oficial en ningún piso. Lamentablemente su situación es más común de lo que parece. Debido a la escasa vivienda, mucha gente que se muda a Berlin no es capaz de conseguir un contrato oficial de arriendo. Especialmente los inmigrantes, personas de color y con salarios bajos son los que más sufren de este sistema injusto. 
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<div><strong>Ayudemos entre todos a Ricardo a volver a una situación normal y poder mostrarle que no está solo en esta situación tan desafortunada</strong>.
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My name is Stephen Park and I’m the CEO and co-founder of Asian Boss.<br /><br />My co-founder Kei Ibaraki and I started this media company 7 years ago in Sydney, Australia.<br /><br />I left my high-paying job as a lawyer and Kei as an architect to pursue our life-long vision of transforming mainstream media. We believed we could do this by bringing people’s voices together and bridging cultural gaps between Asia and the West. <br /><br />So, we went all-in. We couldn’t just sit by knowing that the world was becoming more and more divided and no one seemed to be doing anything about it.<br /><br />With no experience in journalism and filming, we uprooted ourselves from Australia and moved to South Korea in 2015. We had to strategically place ourselves in Asia in order to be able to capture the most authentic voices and stories from Asia that needed to be heard. We started working out of coffee shops all day long to create content but soon ran out of money. We were so broke at one point that we’d sneak in and out of coffee shops without even ordering coffee (shoutout to Starbucks for not kicking us out).<br /><br />Fast forward to 2020 and after many sleepless nights, we were on our way to becoming a legitimate media presence. We built up reporting capabilities from more than 6 Asian countries and even managed to attract like-minded investors who were willing to back us while we focused on creating content.<br /><br />Then COVID-19 changed everything. <br /><br />One of our investors suddenly went bankrupt, leaving us in a massive hole that we could not have anticipated. In the end, it was my fault as the CEO - I was too focused on creating quality content and left little attention to monetization. Now we are faced with the harsh reality of possibly shutting down Asian Boss forever. We laid off over 40% of our employees and instituted pay cuts for the remaining staff, and moved to a much smaller office to extend our lifeline. But the fact remains that we are still months away from running out of funds.<br /><br />We truly believe that if we can survive this, we will go on to become one of the biggest news media brands in the world that is focused on making positive change. How do I know? Because with our limited resources and pure hustle, we raised over US$700,000 to date through our videos to help people in need:<br /><br />*We helped a school teacher in an Indian slum build and maintain an elementary school so that she can provide free education to children.<br /><br />*We raised money for a Korean grandma making less than $2 per day and gave her a free home makeover when she was freezing to death in Korean winter.<br /><br />*When a 15-year-old single mom from the Philippines wanted to go back to school after her infant baby died, we paid for her entire high school tuition fees.<br /><br />*We helped a pastor who saved more than 1,500 abandoned babies sustain his operation.<br /><br />*We gave money and new homes to struggling single mothers and fathers of Korea.<br /><br />And the list continues. All you have to do is go to our YouTube channel and check out our videos. If we can pull all this off with a team of 10 people, just imagine what we would be capable of when we become bigger.<br /><br />So for the first time and the last time, I am asking for your help. If you are unable to donate because of your own financial struggles, we ask you to create and/or participate in the #SaveAsianBoss campaign and see if we can break the internet together.<br /><br />In 2020, we saw many awesome media companies like Great Big Story die. I'm told almost on a daily basis that what we are doing is also likely to fail. Well, we are still here. We are still standing and I won't let the global movement we've created to bring people together die, period. You have my word. Please join me and our community to keep the movement alive. <br /><br />Thank you so much, everybody. Stay safe and most importantly, stay curious.<br /><br />Stephen<br />CEO/Co-founder

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